Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Panama City FL

Eastern Marine was established in 1976 and was a successful builder of fishing vessels and supply boats.  It struggled in the downturn of the mid-80s and folded in 1988.  A new company, Eastern Shipyards, emerged soon after, but over-reached with a contract to build two sulfur carriers and folded in 1992.  The Allanton Road facility was then bought by Trinity Marine, which mothballed it until 1997, when it was spun off as part of Halter Marine Group.  Halter reopened it to build supply boats but closed it again in 1999, after building only two boats.  Meanwhile, Eastern Shipbuilding Group had returned to shipbuilding at the Nelson Street shipyard in 1997 and bought the Allanton Road shipyard from Friede Goldman Halter in 2000.

Eastern's hull numbers are not sequential because they use a single series for all types of contract.

Visit the company at www.easternshipbuilding.com.  See the Nelson Street shipyard from the air on Google here and the Allanton Road shipyard here. 

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Ship Type GT Delivery

Disposition
Built by Eastern Marine
1 Mary D Wildflower Seafarms Fishing Vessel 176 1977 Now "Starlight"
  Araceli   Fishing Vessel 182 1977 Now "Captain Salty"
  Captain's Pride   Fishing Vessel 114 1978 Now "Colleen & Melissa"
  Lady Grace Gloucester Heritage Center Fishing Vessel 93 1978 Active
4 Rip Van Winkle Hudson River Cruises Passenger 68 1980 Active
  Polar Mist Polmar Fisheries Fishing Vessel 182 1978 Now "Blue Ice"
6 Southern Knight   Fishing Vessel 113 1978 Now "Monica"
7 Salty II Hadden Salt Fishing Vessel 185 1978 Active
8 Salty III Hadden Salt Fishing Vessel 180 1979 Now "Harmony I"
9 Matthew and Melissa Lauren Jo Fishing Vessel 110 1978 Now "Relentless"
10 Miss Sammie Joe & Doug Fishing Vessel 132 1979 Now "Stacy Lee"
11 Defiant Carolina Dream LLC Fishing Vessel 181 1979 Active
12 Ocean Beaut King J O Fishing Vessel 111 1979 Active
  Jacqueline & Joseph   Fishing Vessel 181 1979 Now "Carolina Queen II"
  Priscilla Nolin Priscilla Nolin LLC Fishing Vessel 181 1979 Active
  Mondego II   Fishing Vessel 154 1979 Now "Elizabeth & Niki"
16 Kathleen & Julie II Kathleen & Julie II Fishing Vessel 181 1979 Now "Athena"
  Neptune D & B Fisheries Fishing Vessel 196 1979 Now "Foremost"
18 Ella & Josie   Fishing Vessel 116 1979 Now "William & Lauren"
  Bell Tveit Fishing Fishing Vessel 178 1979 Active
20 Miss Piggy Lake Champlain Tptn. Passenger 52 1982 Active
21 Ocean Hunter Atlantic Hunter Fishing Vessel 160 1980 Active
22 Timberline I Valerie E Inc. Fishing Vessel 191 1980 Active
  Rose of Sharon I   Fishing Vessel 168 1980 Now "Pacific Invader II"
  Rose of Sharon II   Fishing Vessel 161 1980 Now "Flying Cloud"
  Nelle Belle   Fishing Vessel 182 1980 Now "Janice & Julie"
26 Grand Duchess Trans-Coastal Fisheries Fishing Vessel 191 1980 Active
  Sea Lion IV   Fishing Vessel 134 1980 Now "Atlantic Mariner"
  Courageous A. & E. Fisheries Fishing Vessel 185 1980 Active
29 Clipper Surprise Clipper Seafoods Fishing Vessel 414 1980 Active
  Lindsay L Lindsay L Fishing Vessel 109 1980 Active
31 Platonida Highland Light Seafoods Fishing Vessel 98 1981 Now "Bella - K"
32 Clipper Endeavor Clipper Seafoods Fishing Vessel 412 1981 Active
  Northern Traveler Northern Traveler LP Fishing Vessel 199 1981 Now "Isabelle Taylor"
34 Northern Voyager Northern Voyager LP Fishing Vessel 196 1981 Active
35 Sultan Sultan Fisheries Fishing Vessel 289 1981 Active
36 Deep Pacific Deep Pacific Fishing Fishing Vessel 140 1981 Active 
37 Clipper Chariot of Fame Offshore Service Vessel 98 1981 Now "Marmex IV"